tpgk vs river checkraise

[Percy101]

Helloooo... comments, particularly on the river play, would be much appreciated.

villain has vpip of ~90% with pfr of ~60% but is a bit more passive on later streets. My initial instinct was to check this river down, but was tempted into value betting by the relatively drawless board and villains overall loose play.

When I get checkraised im pretty sure im beat but feel inclined to call getting ~ 3/1.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB ($1.65)
UTG ($28.60)
MP ($19.65)
Hero ($63.55)
SB ($36.53)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, SB (poster) calls $0.90, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($2.25) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, SB calls $2.

Turn: ($6.25) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, SB calls $4.

River: ($14.25) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $25</font>, Hero calls $17.

Final Pot: $64.25

[Larimani]

Fold the river. You're beat.

[Percy101]

your right, I was beat -villain had 62o -but what kind of pot odds should I be looking at in order to make calling in this sort of situation ok? .........

[Larimani]

First of all I wouldn't value bet this river. Remember that you must win more than 50% of the time when you are called to make a value bet! (re-read Theory of Poker by Sklansky if you are not familiar with this concept. But once you've bet it and he's raised I'd fold (no matter what the raise)... you could argue that it might be +ev to call a minraise against a maniac... but noway I'd call $17 more.

[Percy101]

thanks for the feedback; will definitely have another read of TOP, cheers.